ATHENS, Ohio - As part of a new project that will explore the structure of the universe - from the tiniest bits of matter to the largest galaxies in the cosmos - Ohio University has become a partner in the MDM Observatory, joining the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, Columbia University and Ohio State University in the operation of two telescopes on Kitt Peak in southern Arizona.

Ohio University has committed $1.4 million to the Structure of the Universe project as part of a new program to establish research priorities at the institution to strengthen its national and international reputation.

Ohio now joins major research institutions such as Princeton and Cal Tech in examining the link between the astronomy and physics fields and exploring fundamental issues about our universe.

The project also will boost opportunities for student research and learning, Hicks noted, as Ohio University joins the top 30 astrophysics institutes in the nation with this level of telescope access. The university funding will cover expenses for undergraduates traveling to Arizona to make use of the observatory.

Discover magazine ranked two findings by Ohio University physicists in the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics on its Top 100 Science Stories of 2003 list: the discovery of a subatomic particle of matter called the pentaquark at No. 9 and the confirmation of the theory for charge symmetry breaking at No. 49.

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$1.4 million? Save your money. Here's the center of the universe...



And it'll only take me $500K to prove it.

Stick4489 Wrote:$1.4 million? Save your money. Here's the center of the universe...



And it'll only take me $500K to prove it.

As a representive of Marshall University you should collaborate with researchers from the University of Akron and Eastern Michigan University in "Gong of the Universe Project".

No collaboration necessary. I've already done it. Why would I want to share the credit?

May Chuck Barris be with you.

Actually, I think stuff like this is very cool. I've read a number of books dealing with the science of the very small (sub-atomic) and the science of the very large (the universe). I can recommend all of these but none are what I would call easy reads although the concepts can be grasped by reading them slowly and thinking about them a few times.

1. A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
2. Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality - John Gribbin
3. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odessy Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension - Michio Kaku
4. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory - Brian Greene
5. About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution - Paul C. W. Davies

MAKO Wrote:2. Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality - John Gribbin

This is a big one in time travel theory.

Hey MAKO... Thanks for the suggestions...! Any one of the five you recommend first?

:pom:

MAKO Wrote:Actually, I think stuff like this is very cool. I've read a number of books dealing with the science of the very small (sub-atomic) and the science of the very large (the universe). I can recommend all of these but none are what I would call easy reads although the concepts can be grasped by reading them slowly and thinking about them a few times.

1. A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
2. Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality - John Gribbin
3. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odessy Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension - Michio Kaku
4. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory - Brian Greene
5. About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution - Paul C. W. Davies

Of course, all of these were heavily influenced by Chuck Barris' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

Hmmmmm. If I had to rank them, easiest to comprehend vs. more difficult to comprehend:

1. Davies
2. Hawking
3. Kaku
4. Gribbin
5. Greene

Thanks MAKO!

By the way, is the final comprehensive? :D